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sociations, the Hotel Men's Mutual Bene-
fit Association of America, the Greeters
of America and the Greeters of New York
City. Socially and fraternally, Mr. Bond
is a member of many organizations, in-
cluding the Hartford Club, City Club,
Sequine Golf Club, Republican Club, Rotary
Club, Kiwasnis Club, Charter Oak
Ad Club, Auto Club of America, Auto
Club of Hartford, Hartford Chamber of
Commerce, Young Men's Christian Asso-
ciation of Hartford, Evening Star Lodge,
No. 10, Ancient Free and Accepted Ma-
sons, of Unionville ; Washington
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Com-
mandery, Knights Templar, of Hartford
Sphinx Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Hartford
; Connecticut Consistory, Supreme
Princes of the Royal Secret ; Crescent
Lodge, No. 7, Knights of Pythias ; Hira
Temple, D. O. O. K. ; Hartford Lodge,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows ; Foresters
of America, and the Putnam
Phalanx.
EPSTEIN, Albert Jacob,
Business Man.
Albert Jacob Epstein, one of the most
progressive and active business men of
Thompsonville, Connecticut, is a son of
Albert and Barbara (Guyer) Epstein, old
and highly honored residents of East
Windsor, Connecticut. Mr. Epstein's
parents were born in Germany, and both
emigrated from that country in their
youth and settled in Connecticut. Here
in this country Mr. Epstein became a tinsmith
and followed that trade for a num-
ber of years. He was also a member of
the Twenty-second Regiment of Connecticut
Volunteers for nine months.
Born March 10, 1866, at East Windsor,
Connecticut, Albert Jacob Epstein passed
his childhood and early youth in his na-
tive region. Here it was that he received
his education, attending for this purpose
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the excellent public schools of the neighboring
town of Windsor Locks. He was
a bright lad and showed, even as a stu-
dent in school, the qualities of diligence
and indefatigable industry which have so
greatly marked him since, and which
have been among the chief elements of
his success. Upon completing his school-
ing Mr. Epstein, following in the foot-
steps of his father, became interested in
the tin business and engaged in this line
for some three years, with a very satis-
factory success. Mr. Epstein then saw an
opportunity to purchase the express busi-
ness of James Stinson, of Thompsonville,
and this, with his usual intelligence and
foresight, he at once availed himself of.
This was in the year 1889 and since that
time he has continued to actively operate
this business which under his skillful management
has grown to large proportions
and is now one of the most important of
its kind in the town. Mr. Epstein oper-
ates one, two and one three and a half
ton trucks, and in addition to this uses
several wagons in his extensive business.
Since purchasing it he has also branched
out into the livery trade, and has added
a department of this kind to his original
establishment. In this also he has met
with notable success and operates six car-
riages and the requisite horses.
Mr. Epstein has always been keenly
interested in all matters concerning the
public affairs and the general welfare of
the community, and has played no little
part therein himself. He is a Republican
in politics, and in 1916 was elected on that
party's ticket as first selectman, and
reelected in 1917. He is a prominent fig-
ure in social and fraternal circles, and is
affiliated with a large number of organ-
izations here, among which should be
mentioned the Griffin A. Stedman Camp,
Sons of Veterans, of Hartford ; Doric
Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Ma-